Another Pink Urate Question (UPDATED with Pics)

[ashesc212]

My 2 1/2 month beardie has been having pinkish urates, including the stringy part connecting the urate to the poop. The poop is normal colored and healthy looking. I searched previous posts and there seems to be no answer. I have read that females can have this before they are about to lay. However, this is a baby male beardie. Any thoughts?

Update: Here are pics of one example

Any advice/help/thoughts?

 

[Ethelia]

How very strange.
Dex had pinkish urates before she laid, but I have never come across this in males before, let alone babies.
This is one of Dex's pre-lay urates

Does it look similar?
Are you sure there is no blood in her stool?

Holly

 

[ashesc212]

There's no blood. And it's not that pink. It's just a very very slight tinge, brighter towards the poop part. I'll try to get it with the camera today if I can.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

What are you feeding your baby? Supplementation can sometimes change the color of their urates.

Tracie

 

[ashesc212]

Hello,

What are you feeding your baby? Supplementation can sometimes change the color of their urates.

Tracie

Silkworms, phoenix worms, dubias, crickets, collard greens. I dust with calcium 5x per week and multivite 2 x per week.

Okay - this is crazy - but yesterday was the first day that it wasn't pink. For the past month it had a pink tinge to it. I'm going to check it again today.

Now that you mention it, he is the first beardie that I have consistently fed dubias to. I have some of that premixed roach food from one of the vendors that I bought my original set of roaches from. I'll bet that there is dog food that has dyes in it in the mixture. Do you think that this could have affected the urate? If so - is it safe or should I feed the roaches something else? (They also get oranges, potatoes, greens, and carrots)

 

[ashesc212]

*bump* - he's been having pink urates again.

 

[ashesc212]

*bump* I really need advice...anyone?

 

[Ethelia]

Im dreadfully sorry I have no advice for you.
I think perhaps it might be time to take a sample in to the vet just to give you some peace of mind.

Anyway consider this a BUMP!

 

[ashesc212]

We live about an hour away from the vet. We have to go there anyway to pick up medicine for my chinchilla so we called to see if we could drop off a fecal for the beardie. Anyway, they won't do the fecal until they see the dragon and they have no available appointments today. ARGH...after all the money I have spent there and they can't be a little bit flexible!!!!!